GLOBAL variables in python

[Alex Martelli]

"Max Møller Rasmussen" <maxm at normik.dk> wrote in message
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> From: python9999 at my-deja.com [mailto:python9999 at my-deja.com]
>
> >a= myclass()
> >def  get():
> > name=a.entry.entry1.get_text()
> > return name
>
> You need to declare it global inside the method:

No, you only need to do that if the method _assigns_
to the global-variable (along some possible execution
path).  Not if it only _uses_ ('reads') it.


> a= myclass()
> def  get():
>     global a
>     name=a.entry.entry1.get_text()
>     return name

This code is strictly equivalent to that in the
previously quoted snippet, since 'a' is not
assigned-to (along any execution path) within
the get() function anyway.


Alex